Swinton, Harrogate
Swinton is a small village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the immediate south-west of Masham and separated from it by the River Burn.[2] The village is at the eastern end of Swinton Park and shares a civil parish with Warthermarske.[3]
| Swinton | |
|---|---|
  Swinton Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 200 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE213795 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RIPON |
| Postcode district | HG4 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Alan[4] and the names derives from the Old English swīn-tūn which means Pig-Farm.[5]
References
- "Civil ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- "99" (Map). Northallerton & Ripon. 1;50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319261972.
- "Boundary Map of Swinton With Warthermarske Tn/CP". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- Powell-Smith, Anna. "Swinton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 457. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
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